Intel 845 DDR Motherboard Roundup - December 2001

Chaintech 9BJD0

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Chaintech was the first manufacturer to give us an 845 DDR motherboard; we actually had the 9BJD0 before Comdex and it was already in its final form. The board is pretty basic with no voltage adjustments at all and only offering FSB frequencies up to 132MHz.

The only unique quality about the 9BJD0 is its use of CMedia's 6-channel DSP instead of a cheaper and more simple 2-channel AC'97 codec. This gives users a bit more flexibility if they want to stick with the onboard audio but still wish to use their 4.1 or 5.1 speaker systems.

Overall the 9BJD0 worked just fine during our tests; it ran just as well as the rest of the contenders.